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Human rights and sustainability must be key aspects in the awarding of future Olympic Games, according to German top Olympian Thomas Weikert. Weikert, the president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), told Deutschlandfunk radio after Sunday’s end of the Beijing Winter Games that these issues are also highlighted in the Agenda 2025 concept by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “Something must happen, we all have to work towards this,” Weikert said. China was criticised for its human rights record and questions were also raised whether its venues would be used in the futur…